L.A. PARKER: Hamilton more like Trenton than it wants to admit

Imagine if Superman settled for “Half-truth, justice and the American way.”

Or, if our Declaration of Independence professed that “We hold these ‘half-truths’ to be self-evident.”

Maybe, “if you tell a half-truth, you only have to remember half of anything.”

Hamilton Twp. police Tuesday told part of their truth about a pair of suspects from Trenton who robbed, burgled, used a .45 caliber weapon, and assaulted a police officer.

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Suspects Edward S. Thorpe, 21, of Christoph Avenue and Desean Howard, 24, of Boudinot Street, are being held on $300,000 cash bail.

Police delivered another city putdown with an initial report that the suspects are from Trenton. The suspects are unemployed.

Hamilton Twp. residents should expect more crime since Trenton’s criminals have laid bare every cupboard, swiped every length of copper pipe, and ripped off every undocumented Latino from Belize to Venezuela.

In this case involving Thorpe and Howard, police delivered a sequel to what really happened regarding the other part of their investigation.

While the two suspects allegedly kicked in the resident’s door then walked away with some electronics equipment, they more than likely arrived at Rex Court for a drug bounty.

Hamilton Twp. said police returned to the residence with a search warrant hours later. Police found bricks of heroin. Better add more officers to Hamilton’s depleted Narco-unit. Hamilton Township has a drug problem.

Police arrested a female named Jocelyn Hopson then searched for and found her boyfriend, Jamal Little.

Hopson and Little are locked up on $250,000 bail with numerous charges including intent to distribute, possession of a controlled substance and all the other BS attached to selling this BS.

These newly named drug suspects reside in Hamilton.

I had this column written hours before Hamilton police distributed a press release about their return to the Rex Court residence. Initially, this space contained an accusation that Hamilton Twp. police skew lines about crime, often deciding to withhold information, to not disclose burglaries, assaults, and other illegal activities.

Ethics be damned. The hope is to make Hamilton Twp. appear worlds away from crime that saturates this capital city. Crime is not only on Hamilton residents’ doorsteps but frequently lurks behind doors of America’s Favorite Hometown.

Hamilton Twp. residents regularly call The Trentonian with inquiries about crimes they know about that never get reported in print.